{"result":[{"lastName":"Chang","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Dermatology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Dermatology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Dermatology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6089&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Howard Y. Chang","firstName":"Howard","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Howard_Chang","researchInterest":"The Chang group is focused on two fundamental questions in epithelial biology: (1) the basis of positional identities in epidermal structures throughout the body, and (2) how those signals and boundaries may be abrogated to allow cancer metastasis. We are investigating the roles of site-specific fibroblast differentiation in patterning the epidermis, and dissecting the mechanisms of wound healing programs in cancer metastasis."},{"lastName":"Liu","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Med"},{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Medical fellow, Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Med","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9803&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Vincent Liu","firstName":"Vincent","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Vincent_Liu","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Olkin","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus (Active) Professor,Statistics"},{"appointment":"Emeritus (Active) Professor,Health Research & Policy - Biostatistics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus (Active) Professor,Statistics","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=15337&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ingram Olkin","firstName":"Ingram","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Ingram_Olkin","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Gozani","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6423&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Or Gozani","firstName":"Or","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Or_Gozani","researchInterest":"We study the molecular mechanisms by which chromatin-signaling networks effect nuclear and epigenetic programs, and how dysregulation of these pathways leads to disease.  Our work centers on the biology of lysine methylation, a principal chromatin-regulatory mechanism that directs epigenetic processes.  We study how lysine methylation events are generated, sensed, and transduced, and how these chemical marks integrate with other nuclear signaling systems to govern diverse cellular functions."},{"lastName":"Glasscock","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Associate Professor,Pediatrics - Neonatology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Associate Professor,Pediatrics - Neonatology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4028&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Greg Glasscock","firstName":"Greg","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Greg_Glasscock","researchInterest":"Neonatal Endocrinology"},{"lastName":"Wysocka","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Chemical and Systems Biology"},{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Developmental Biology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Chemical and Systems Biology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7764&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Joanna Wysocka","firstName":"Joanna","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Joanna_Wysocka","researchInterest":"Research in our lab focuses on mechanisms of epigenetic regulation in differentiation and development. In particular, we are studying the function of histone modifying enzymes in embryonic stem cell self-renewal and in early cell fate decisions. We are interested in the role of chromatin modifications in establishment and maintenance of gene expression patterns during normal and pathological development, and in nuclear reprogramming."},{"lastName":"Wilson","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Endocrinology/Diabetes, Pediatric"},{"focus":"Pediatric Endocrinology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Endocrinology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Pediatrics - Endocrinology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4182&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Darrell Wilson","firstName":"Darrell","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Darrell_Wilson","researchInterest":"My research interests cover a number of areas in Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes. I am PI of the Stanford Center for the NIH-funded Type-1 Diabetes TrialNet group. TrialNet conducts clinical trials directed at preventing or delaying the onset of Type 1 diabetes. I am an investigator in DirecNet, another NIH-funded study group, which is devoted to evaluating glucose sensors and the role of technology on the management of diabetes."},{"lastName":"Velandy Chodaparambil","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Structural Biology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Structural Biology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9946&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jay Chodaparambil","firstName":"Jayanth","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Jayanth_Velandy Chodaparambil","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Hong","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, School of Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, School of Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10153&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Tao Hong","firstName":"Tao","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Tao_Hong","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Boxer","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Hematology"},{"focus":"Multiple Myeloma"},{"focus":"Multiple Myeloma - Medical Oncology"},{"focus":"Plasmacytoma"},{"focus":"Plasmacytoma - Hematology"},{"focus":"Plasmacytoma - Medical Oncology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine - Hematology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Medicine - Hematology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4658&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Linda Boxer","firstName":"Linda","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Linda_Boxer","researchInterest":"Regulation of expression of oncogenes in normal and malignant hematologic cells."},{"lastName":"Reijo-Pera","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Obstetrics & Gynecology - OB GYN Institutes"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Obstetrics & Gynecology - OB GYN Institutes","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8036&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Renee A. Reijo Pera, Ph.D.","firstName":"Renee","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Renee_Reijo-Pera","researchInterest":"The Reijo Pera Laboratory is focused on understanding key cell fates in the embryo, including the generation of pluripotent stem cells, somatic and germ cell lineages"},{"lastName":"Wernig","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Pathology - Stem Cell Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Pathology - Stem Cell Institute","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10445&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Marius Wernig","firstName":"Marius","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Marius_Wernig","researchInterest":"Epigenetic Reprogramming, Pluripotent Stem Cells, Neural Differentiation: implications in development and regenerative medicine"},{"lastName":"Sen","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Dermatology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Dermatology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10169&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"George Sen","firstName":"George","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/George_Sen","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Liu","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9664&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Chih Long Liu","firstName":"Chih","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Chih_Liu","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Buckway","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Endocrine - Pediatric Endocrinology"},{"focus":"Endocrinology/Diabetes, Pediatric"},{"focus":"Pediatric Endocrinology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Associate Professor,Pediatrics - Endocrinology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Associate Professor,Pediatrics - Endocrinology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7958&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Caroline Buckway","firstName":"Caroline","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Caroline_Buckway","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Lorch","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Structural Biology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Structural Biology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4116&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Yahli Lorch","firstName":"Yahli","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Yahli_Lorch","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Hershberg","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10299&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ruth Hershberg","firstName":"Ruth","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Ruth_Hershberg","researchInterest":"The aim of my research is to investigate the mechanisms, frequency, and consequences of the evolutionary shifts experienced by bacteria. Some more specific areas of research include:\r\n\r\n(1)  Quantifying shifts in the strength of purifying selection and understanding the consequences of such shifts\r\n \r\n(2)  Determining whether shifts in nucleotide content are driven by shifts in mutation or shifts in selection\r\n\r\n(3)  Establishing the mechanisms of shifts in codon usage bias"},{"lastName":"Chua","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Medicine - Endocrinology/Gerontology/Metab"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Medicine - Endocrinology/Gerontology/Metab","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6623&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Katrin Chua","firstName":"Katrin","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Katrin_Chua","researchInterest":"Our lab is interested in understanding molecular processes that underlie aging and age-associated pathologies in mammals.  We focus on a family of genes, the SIRTs, which regulate stress resistance and lifespan in lower organisms such as yeast, worms, and flies.  In mammals, we recently uncovered a number of ways in which SIRT factors may contribute to cellular and organismal aging by regulating resistance to various forms of stress.  We have now begun to characterize the molecular mechanisms b"},{"lastName":"Katznelson","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Endocrine"},{"focus":"Endocrine - Endocrinology"},{"focus":"Endocrinology"},{"focus":"Multiple Endocrine Neoplasias"},{"focus":"Multiple Endocrine Neoplasias - Endocrinology"},{"focus":"Neuroendocrine"},{"focus":"Neuroendocrine - Endocrinology"},{"focus":"Neuroendocrine - Medical Oncology"},{"focus":"Parathyroid Disease"},{"focus":"Parathyroid Disease - Endocrinology"},{"focus":"Pituitary Adenomas"},{"focus":"Pituitary Adenomas - Endocrinology"},{"focus":"acromegaly"},{"focus":"Cushing's"},{"focus":"Cushing's Syndrome"},{"focus":"Cushing Disease"},{"focus":"Prolactinoma"},{"focus":"Adrenal Gland Neoplasms"},{"focus":"Adrenal Cortex Diseases"},{"focus":"Growth Hormone-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma"},{"focus":"Growth Hormone Deficiency Dwarfism"},{"focus":"Hyperprolactinemia"},{"focus":"Hypopituitarism"},{"focus":"Endocrinology and Metabolism"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Endocrinology/Gerontology/Metab"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Neurosurgery"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Medicine - Endocrinology/Gerontology/Metab","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6162&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Laurence Katznelson","firstName":"Laurence","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Laurence_Katznelson","researchInterest":"Dr. Katznelson is an internationally known neuroendocrinologist and clinical researcher, with research expertise in the diagnosis and management of hypopituitarism, the effects of hormones on neurocognitive function, and the development of therapeutics for acromegaly and Cushing\u0092s syndrome, and neuroendocrine tumors. Dr. Katznelson is the medical director of the multidisciplinary Stanford Pituitary Center, a program geared for patient management, clinical research and patient education"},{"lastName":"Peng","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Chemical and Systems Biology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Chemical and Systems Biology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9829&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jamy Peng","firstName":"Jamy","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Jamy_Peng","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Wong","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Dermatology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Dermatology"},{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Dermatology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Dermatology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7991&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"David J. Wong, M.D., Ph.D.","firstName":"David","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/David_Wong","researchInterest":"My research interest is focused on investigating the molecular networks that underlie cancer stem cells and designing therapies that selectively target these cells, thereby eliminating a cancer's potential for regrowth."},{"lastName":"Quertermous","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4426&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Thomas Quertermous, MD","firstName":"Thomas","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Thomas_Quertermous","researchInterest":"Understanding genetic basis of cardiovascular function and disease."},{"lastName":"Francke","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Clinical Genetics"},{"focus":"Neurogenetics"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Genetics"},{"appointment":"Professor,Pediatrics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Genetics","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4281&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Uta Francke","firstName":"Uta","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Uta_Francke","researchInterest":"Functional consequences and pathogenetic mechanisms of mutations and microdeletions in human neurogenetic syndromes and mouse models: Williams-Beuren syndrome, a heterozygous 1.6 megabase deletion; Rett syndrome, caused by mutations in the X-linked methyl-CpG binding protein 2 (MECP2) gene. Mechanisms of genomic imprinting: Prader Willi syndrome"},{"lastName":"Lu","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Cancer/Stem Cell Biology Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Cancer/Stem Cell Biology Institute","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8826&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Rong Lu","firstName":"Rong","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Rong_Lu","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Bell","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Pathology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Pathology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=11479&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Oliver Bell","firstName":"Oliver","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Oliver_Bell","researchInterest":""}]}